Semi-truck crash blocked Highway 52 Tuesday

Two trucks collide on 34

ByJOHN LA PORTE Times Editor

Posted:
12/11/2012 03:05:05 PM MST

This semi-truck sustained heavy damage when it went off Highway 52 north of Fort Morgan and the trailer overturned. The road was at least partially blocked for several hours for cleanup. The driver, Surinder Sahota, 51, Biteley, Mich., was reported unhurt.
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Highway 52 north of Fort Morgan was blocked partially or entirely for several hours following a semi-truck crash Tuesday, the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado Department of Transportation reported.

The driver of that semi and two other semi drivers were unhurt in two crashes; the other accident involved two trucks about 1 ¼ miles west of Highway 34 when one attempted a U-turn in front of the other, the patrol reported.

A semi driven by Surinder Sahota, 51, Biteley, Mich. went off 52 about eight miles north of Fort Morgan, and when he tried to pull back onto the road, the trailer went into the ditch and overturned, Trooper Roger Fetzer said.

Damage was heavy in the 11:46 a.m. crash.

The highway was re-opened in both directions shortly after 5 p.m., CDOT reported.

Don Sperry, 66, Fort Morgan, and John Street, 63, Newton, Ill., were both unhurt when their semis collided on 34, Fetzer reported.

Both trucks were westbound when Street pulled over to the right side of the road, then started a U-turn as Sperry was passing him, the trooper said.

Damage in the 9:15 a.m. crash was assessed as extreme to Street's semi and moderate to Sperry's.